{"id":4095,"date":"2012-02-09T09:40:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T09:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.priddybooks.com\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2012-02-09T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T09:40:39","slug":"chocolate-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/fun_stuff\/chocolate-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4230\" title=\"SK Activity Chocolate-Star-Cupcake\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kn1zwrh98jbi.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Chocolate-Star-Cupcake-580x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"416\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>200 g butter<\/li>\n<li>200 g caster sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 eggs<\/li>\n<li>200 g self-raising flour<\/li>\n<li>4 tbsp cocoa powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>For the icing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>450 g icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>200 g butter<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons of water<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla essence<\/li>\n<li>grated chocolate<\/li>\n<li>chocolate sweets to decorate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to make it<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the eggs and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the flour and cocoa powder.<\/li>\n<li>Put the cupcake cases in a mini-muffin tin and half fill each case with the mixture. Use the back of a spoon to flatten the top of the cupcakes to make them smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Bake the cupcakes in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes \u2013 they are done when they rise up and spring back into shape when lightly pressed. Leave them to cool.<\/li>\n<li>For the icing, put the icing sugar in a large bowl. Cream the butter in a large bowl. Add this to the icing sugar and mix together well, adding the water and vanilla essence gradually.<\/li>\n<li>When the cupcakes are cool, spread a layer of icing over each one. Then decorate with the grated chocolate and sweets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to find out about more recipes like this, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/priddybooks.wpengine.com\/book.aspx?id=3954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Kids Activity<\/a> book!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These rich chocolate cupcakes make an extra-special teatime treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[146,154,226,470],"class_list":["post-4095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun_stuff","category-recipes","tag-cooking","tag-cupcakes","tag-fun-recipes","tag-smart-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}